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[PATCH/rfc] git-svn.perl: workaround assertions in svn library 1.5.0

From
Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
Date
Jul 6, 2008, 19:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20080706192850.32547.qmail@4480698c45f1ed.315fe32.mid.smarden.org>

With subversion 1.5.0 (C and perl libraries) the git-svn selftest t9101-git-svn-props.sh fails at test 25 and 26. The following commands cause assertions in the svn library

 $ cd deeply
 $ git-svn propget svn:ignore .
 perl: /build/buildd/subversion-1.5.0dfsg1/subversion/libsvn_ra/ra_loader.c:674: svn_ra_get_dir: Assertion `*path != '/'' failed.
 Aborted
 $ git-svn propget svn:ignore ..
 perl: /build/buildd/subversion-1.5.0dfsg1/subversion/libsvn_subr/path.c:120: svn_path_join: Assertion `is_canonical(component, clen)' failed.

With this commit, git-svn makes sure the path doesn't start with a slash, and is not a dot, working around these assertions.

The breakage was reported by Lucas Nussbaum through
 http://bugs.debian.org/489108
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
---
 git-svn.perl |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

I ran into this on Debian/unstable. With svn 1.5.0 the selftest fails without the patch, with svn 1.4.6 it succeeds with and without the patch. I'm not familar with the svn interfaces, not sure whether this is a regression in subversion, or a bug in git-svn.

diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index f789a6e..a366c89 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -643,6 +643,8 @@ sub canonicalize_path {
 	$path =~ s#/[^/]+/\.\.##g;
 	$path =~ s#/$##g;
 	$path =~ s#^\./## if $dot_slash_added;
+	$path =~ s#^/##;
+	$path =~ s#^\.$##;
 	return $path;
 }
 
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1.5.6
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  1. git-svn.perl: workaround assertions in svn library 1.5.0Gerrit Pape, Jul 6, 2008
  2. Eric WongJul 7, 2008
  3. Gerrit PapeJul 17, 2008
  4. Dmitry PotapovJul 17, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2008
  6. Dmitry PotapovJul 20, 2008
  7. Eric WongJul 21, 2008
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